This is the most detailed listing in the Catalog. Information on each entry is what is available to the compiler. The sources of the information includes

• Actual copies of materials
• Fliers and other announcements of material
• Unitarian Universalist Bookstore Catalog and Religious Education Department's Curriculum Mapping, and electronic REACH-L.

Following is the explanation of the content of the columns, left to right.

TITLE in capital letters. This is the primary title, and secondary titles as possible are included.

AUTHOR(S) is presented last name, first name. Generally all of the authors are listed, but "et al." is used when the names are not readily available at the time this listing is compiled.

DATE gives the publication date(s), with the earliest first. Some items may have gone through several printings and editions (revisions) on other dates. The dates are based on the copies of material and other information available. When material does not show a publication date, an estimated date may be used and this date is also noted in the Description with (date and "c" for circa). There are a few entries for which dates have been left blank.

DESCRIPTION presents details such as content, number of sessions for curriculum, availability of leader guide or packets, notations about use, and from where the material originally or presently may be available.

AGE to which the material applies are written in years, adding 5 to grade levels for some materials. There are two numbers, indicating an age range. Adults refers to over 18 years, although a few entries that relate to young adults give actual ages over 18 years.

TOPIC is the arbitrary notation into which the material has been placed, understanding that material may be included under various topics, and that topics overlap. Topics that are included are:

• Administration -- the major focus is on program administration
• Antibias -- this is a topic assigned by the Unitarian Universalist Association Department of Religious Education in curriculum listing
• Bible -- Judeo-Christian heritage
• Celebrations -- holidays, holy days, ways of celebrating
• Conflict -- conflict resolution. See also Peace
• Development -- developmental stages, growth
• Family -- material that specifically deals with family setting
• Historical -- material that has been used in the past but possibly is of Unitarian Universalist Religious Education historical value rather than current use. This may also be included as a secondary topic.
• Issues -- making decisions, ethics. See also Social Action
• Philosophy -- Values behind religious education, including focuses and trends
• Religions -- material from various religious traditions
• Resource -- suggested use is as background rather than as a curriculum
• Sexuality -- focus is on various aspects of sexuality, including gender issues
• Social Action -- variety of social justice issues
• Spirituality -- focus is on personal religious/spiritual development
• Stories -- myths, story collections
• Universe -- focus on nature and the interdependent web of existence
• UUism -- specific focus on UU history, principles, tradition; including being comfortable in the church setting
• Worship -- rituals, prayers, music, services

• Youth -- Materials specifically focused on youth

NOTES indicates where further information is available on the curriculum:

• A = indicated that an address for the publication is given on the Title and Address for material not available from the Bookstore or UUA.

• Bk = Unitarian Universalist Bookstore. This information is taken from the latest edition of the Bookstore catalog, essentially published in June. Items in the June 2001 Bookstore catalog are noted by "Bk01" and in the June 2002 catalog as "Bk02".
• CM = Curriculum Mapping, as found electronically on the Unitarian Universalist web page. This is checked just prior to updating this Catalog, and the year of the web page update is noted, such as "CM02", meaning that this was checked for this Catalog in summer of 2002, and the page was actually updated on the web site in January 2002.
• WL = The curriculum is noted in Which Lesson is It? as published by Virginia Steel in the second edition published in 2001. WL01 indicates that the item is in the 2001 edition.
• $ indicates latest information available regarding the cost of an item, understanding that costs may change, and that mailing costs are usually in addition to the curriculum cost.
• Some material belongs to a specific series of collection of works, usually a historical designation, such as the Beacon Series, New Beacon Series, Beacon Science Series. A new series is the Beacon Press Discussion Guides for Unitarian Universalist Congregations. These new guides are designed as an option for Adult Religious Education.
• "Out of print" is included in this column for a few items, particularly on items with recent publication dates. Much of the older materials may not be available except from UUA or district libraries or other congregations. It is not possible to keep up with publication availability.
• A = The address from which the item may be available is on the separate Address files.

RESOURCES: AuthorS, TITLES AND PUBLICATION DATES

ALPHABETICAL BY TITLE

This listing is sorted in two ways. One is by Title (this one). The other listing with the same information is sorted by Authors. Authors are presented last name, first name. On both of these listings, all of the authors that have been included in the master listing are included here. This means that there are multiple listings for some items.

AUTHOR(S) is presented last name, first name. Generally all of the authors are listed, but "et al." is used when the names are not readily available at the time this listing is compiled.

TITLE in capital letters. This is the primary title, and secondary titles as possible are included.

DATE gives the publication date(s), with the earliest first. Some items may have gone through several printings and editions (revisions) on other dates. The dates are based on the copies of material and other information available. When material does not show a publication date, an estimated date may be used and this date is also noted in the Description with (date and "c" for circa). There are a few entries for which dates have been left blank.

This listing is sorted in two ways. One is by Title, and this listing, with the same information, is sorted by Authors. Authors are presented last name, first name. On both of these listings, all of the authors that have been included in the master listing are included here. This means that there are multiple listings for some items. The format has been modified for ease in reading. When there are multiple entries for an author, the name is given once and blanks are left in the author column adjacent to the entries that apply to the author.

AUTHOR(S) is presented last name, first name. Generally all of the authors are listed, but "et al." is used when the names are not readily available at the time this listing is compiled.

TITLE in capital letters. This is the primary title, and secondary titles as possible are included.

DATE gives the publication date(s), with the earliest first. Some items may have gone through several printings and editions (revisions) on other dates. The dates are based on the copies of material and other information available. When material does not show a publication date, an estimated date may be used and this date is also noted in the Description with (date and "c" for circa). There are a few entries for which dates have been left blank.

This is a new listing as of August 2002. The sorting of the master file is first by Topic followed by Age. The other columns of Title, Date and Description are included as reference.

TOPIC is the arbitrary notation into which the material has been placed, understanding that material may be included under various topics, and that topics overlap. Topics included are:

• Administration -- the major focus is on program administration
• Antibias -- this is a topic assigned by the Unitarian Universalist Association Department of Religious Education in curriculum listing
• Bible -- Judeo-Christian heritage
• Celebrations -- holidays, holy days, ways of celebrating
• Conflict -- conflict resolution. See also Peace
• Development -- developmental stages, growth
• Family -- material that specifically deals with family setting
• Historical -- material that has been used in the past but possibly is of Unitarian Universalist Religious Education historical value rather than current use. This may also be included as a secondary topic.
• Issues -- making decisions, ethics. See also Social Action
• Philosophy -- Values behind religious education, including focuses and trends
• Religions -- material from various religious traditions
• Resource -- suggested use is as background rather than as a curriculum
• Sexuality -- focus is on various aspects of sexuality, including gender issues
• Social Action -- variety of social justice issues
• Spirituality -- focus is on personal religious/spiritual development
• Stories -- myths, story collections
• Universe -- focus on nature and the interdependent web of existence
• UUism -- specific focus on UU history, principles, tradition; including being comfortable in the church setting
• Worship -- rituals, prayers, music, services

• Youth -- Materials specifically focused on youth

AGE to which the material applies are written in years, adding 5 to grade levels for some materials. There are two numbers, indicating an age range. Adults refers to over 18 years, although a few entries that relate to young adults give actual ages over 18 years.

TITLE in capital letters. This is the primary title, and secondary titles as possible are included.

DATE gives the publication date(s), with the earliest first. Some items may have gone through several printings and editions (revisions) on other dates. The dates are based on the copies of material and other information available. When material does not show a publication date, an estimated date may be used and this date is also noted in the Description with (date and "c" for circa). There are a few entries for which dates have been left blank.

DESCRIPTION presents details such as content, number of sessions for curriculum, availability of leader guide or packets, notations about use, and from where the material originally or presently may be available.

This file is presented in two formats. The first set is alphabetical by Title, immediately followed by the second set sorted by Name. The term "Name" is used on this listing, rather than "Author" because the entity to which correspondence about the item is addressed may be a church, a district or a publishing house, in addition to being the author.

The information given is the latest that is available at the time the files is being compiled.